I Can Be Your Enemy Or I Can Be Your Friend

Travels make the mind wise
Wise enough to know
Everywhere you go is change
That comes either fast or slow
The Sun can be an enemy
Or the sun can be a friend
Weather it is in the desert
Or in the cold and wind
 
The rain goes where it needs
And sometimes strays too long
Watering vegetation, flooding 
Thousands of homes
The rain can be an enemy
The rain can be a friend
We cannot make it’s limits
But we can try to defend

Time is sometimes limited
And sometime time is free
But when it comes to Revelation
We don’t know when it will be
Remember time can be your enemy
Or time can be your friend
Don’t play with time and you’ll find
Time will let you be

Wine is always available
But rarely is it free
Wine can change your feeling
And wine can give you sleep
But wine can be an enemy or 
Wine can be your friend
Wine can destroy in seconds
And bring a trial to an end

Love can often find us
And makes slaves of the free
Love can also bind us
To the strongest tree
Love can be an enemy 
or love can be a friend
The Love of Christ it finds us
and makes us all believe


War can bring us freedom
War can bring us sin
War can make us hero’s 
And traitors deep with in
War can be an enemy
War can be a friend
War can bring us liberty
And cripple us while we live

Religion gives us reason
To fight the horrors of sin
We cannot love our brothers 
without a god within
But religions can be our enemy
Or religion can be our friend
The cause of war and prejudice
And where hopes and prayers begin

God can give us assurance
That this is not the end
There will always be a something
And on that you can depend
But God can be an enemy
Or God can be a friend
To choose between Heaven or Hell
You have to listen to Him
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Date: 9/27/2023 3:25:00 AM
Such deep meaning and wisdom within your words, well done kelli
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Date: 9/22/2023 2:22:00 AM
Well done TS on POTW!! Congrats Congrats Congrats!!! Debx
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Date: 9/20/2023 7:15:00 AM
Congrats on this worthy potw!
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Date: 9/19/2023 3:24:00 AM
Powerful! You’ve elaborated it all very clearly :) warmest congratulations on POTW, TS, an enjoyable read
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Date: 9/18/2023 2:28:00 PM
I screamed when I found out. I think this is the biggest thing to ever happen to me. Not POTD but POTW. That's not just local but world wide. Thanks for the honor Poetrysoup.
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Beryl Edmonds
Date: 9/19/2023 1:48:00 AM
Well done! A wonderful poem well deserving of poem of the week… Belle
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Tom Woody
Date: 9/18/2023 3:08:00 PM
Good. Now that that's done can you bring me a pizza, friend? Thick crust with lots of veggies.
Date: 9/18/2023 1:54:00 PM
A most worthy choice for a POTW award. Iso enjoyed reading this one my friend. God bless you.
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Date: 9/17/2023 6:50:00 PM
A nice poem showing contrasts, TS, congrats on POTW:)
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Date: 9/17/2023 5:40:00 PM
The balance between right and wrong, is difficult for many. Interesting thoughts here, on enemy's and friends. Congratulations TS, on Poem of the Week. Many wonderful blessings to you. ~ Brandy
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Date: 9/17/2023 11:19:00 AM
Congratulations on POTW. Wise words.
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Date: 9/17/2023 10:25:00 AM
You cover a lot of life in this fine POTW, TS. Congratulations! Enjoy your week of recognition, my friend. Bill
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Date: 9/17/2023 7:54:00 AM
Back with BIG congrats, your advice shines as POTW!
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Date: 9/17/2023 7:36:00 AM
Wine, war, religion, you've covered so much in your poetry. I believe that it's all in ones intentions how they use them. Congratulations on the POTW, T.S.!
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Date: 9/16/2023 2:23:00 PM
Very powerful message here
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Date: 9/16/2023 1:49:00 PM
You've given readers lots to ponder. It all depends upon what we do with what we are given.
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Date: 9/15/2023 3:41:00 PM
Interesting series of contrasts Mr. Situation
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Date: 9/14/2023 9:57:00 PM
Many thanks whether or not something or someone like God can either be our enemy of our friend. Obviously, He has chosen you to be His friend and you have chosen Him to be your friend. It is much better to remain on God's good side than to remain forever on His bad side!
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Date: 9/14/2023 11:47:00 AM
Great message in your poem. Probably all things can bring us good or bad
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Date: 9/14/2023 4:44:00 AM
Fabulous write worthy of pondering.
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Date: 9/14/2023 2:39:00 AM
This is so wise and deep and thought provoking. How creatively you’ve delivered those thoughts, i love that love line and also wine, so many profound truths delivered seamlessly. This is a fave for me
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Date: 9/14/2023 1:26:00 AM
There are two sides for every coin. In the same way everything has a positive side and a negative side. It is we have to choose the right thing and turn our back on the negative! A highly thought provoking poem powerfully written dear S.
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Date: 9/13/2023 9:26:00 PM
A stone can be a God Or just a rock It's the game of perception And optimistic thoughts Such a refreshing outlook Beautiful poem
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Date: 9/13/2023 7:23:00 PM
I would rather be His friend and allow Him in my life as a heavenly protector than anything else. I agree it is all up to us, :)
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Date: 9/13/2023 6:54:00 PM
very thoughtful and wide, enjoyed your poem a lot " The Sun can be an enemy Or the sun can be a friend" great words
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Date: 9/13/2023 6:12:00 PM
Some sage advice. Make life an enemy or a friend. It is all up to us to decide.
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Date: 9/13/2023 4:28:00 PM
Words of faith and lots of good advice for us the mortals.
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